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Functional diversification of post-war neighbourhoods – Novi Sad case study
Functional diversification of post-war neighbourhoods – Novi Sad case study

Author(s): Marina Carević Tomić, Ranka Medenica
Subject(s): Regional Geography, Social development, Rural and urban sociology, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Novi Sad; residential neighborhoods; land-use patterns; mixed uses; Mixed-use index

Summary/Abstract: This paper discuss the mass housing neighborhoods named Limans in Novi Sad, Serbia, with the specific case study of urban quarter named Liman 3, showing a good example of gradual functional diversification of neighborhood since post-war period up to present days. The research approach of the paper is based on combination of Space Syntax, Spacematrix and Mixed-use index tool, as well as on contextual analysis with the specific interest on societal and economical issues. Aim of the paper is to show how local circumstances joint with global influences, evident in the example of Liman 3 urban area, have induced transition from completely residential to moderately mixed-use neighborhood during more than 40 years development period.

  • Issue Year: 30/2017
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 39-50
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English